Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition

Environmental factors can influence ecological networks, but these effects are poorly understood in the realm of the phylogeny of host-parasitoid interactions. Especially, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the ways that biotic factors, including plant species richness, overall community phylo...

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Main Authors: Ming-Qiang Wang, Shi-Kun Guo, Peng-Fei Guo, Juan-Juan Yang, Guo-Ai Chen, Douglas Chesters, Michael C Orr, Ze-Qing Niu, Michael Staab, Jing-Ting Chen, Yi Li, Qing-Song Zhou, Felix Fornoff, Xiaoyu Shi, Shan Li, Massimo Martini, Alexandra-Maria Klein, Andreas Schuldt, Xiaojuan Liu, Keping Ma, Helge Bruelheide, Arong Luo, Chao-Dong Zhu
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author Ming-Qiang Wang
Shi-Kun Guo
Peng-Fei Guo
Juan-Juan Yang
Guo-Ai Chen
Douglas Chesters
Michael C Orr
Ze-Qing Niu
Michael Staab
Jing-Ting Chen
Yi Li
Qing-Song Zhou
Felix Fornoff
Xiaoyu Shi
Shan Li
Massimo Martini
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Andreas Schuldt
Xiaojuan Liu
Keping Ma
Helge Bruelheide
Arong Luo
Chao-Dong Zhu
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Shi-Kun Guo
Peng-Fei Guo
Juan-Juan Yang
Guo-Ai Chen
Douglas Chesters
Michael C Orr
Ze-Qing Niu
Michael Staab
Jing-Ting Chen
Yi Li
Qing-Song Zhou
Felix Fornoff
Xiaoyu Shi
Shan Li
Massimo Martini
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Andreas Schuldt
Xiaojuan Liu
Keping Ma
Helge Bruelheide
Arong Luo
Chao-Dong Zhu
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description Environmental factors can influence ecological networks, but these effects are poorly understood in the realm of the phylogeny of host-parasitoid interactions. Especially, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the ways that biotic factors, including plant species richness, overall community phylogenetic and functional composition of consumers, and abiotic factors such as microclimate, determine host-parasitoid network structure and host-parasitoid community dynamics. To address this, we leveraged a 5-year dataset of trap-nesting bees and wasps and their parasitoids collected in a highly controlled, large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. We tested for effects of tree species richness, tree phylogenetic, and functional diversity, and species and phylogenetic composition on species and phylogenetic diversity of both host and parasitoid communities and the composition of their interaction networks. We show that multiple components of tree diversity and canopy cover impacted both, species and phylogenetic composition of hosts and parasitoids. Generally, phylogenetic associations between hosts and parasitoids reflected nonrandomly structured interactions between phylogenetic trees of hosts and parasitoids. Further, host-parasitoid network structure was influenced by tree species richness, tree phylogenetic diversity, and canopy cover. Our study indicates that the composition of higher trophic levels and corresponding interaction networks are determined by plant diversity and canopy cover, especially via trophic links in species-rich ecosystems.
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spelling doaj-art-0c40f7d151a845938eda86df47445e282025-08-20T02:55:07ZengeLife Sciences Publications LtdeLife2050-084X2025-02-011310.7554/eLife.100202Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic compositionMing-Qiang Wang0https://orcid.org/0000-0002-3175-2200Shi-Kun Guo1Peng-Fei Guo2Juan-Juan Yang3Guo-Ai Chen4Douglas Chesters5Michael C Orr6https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9096-3008Ze-Qing Niu7Michael Staab8Jing-Ting Chen9Yi Li10Qing-Song Zhou11Felix Fornoff12https://orcid.org/0000-0003-0446-7153Xiaoyu Shi13Shan Li14Massimo Martini15https://orcid.org/0000-0002-1855-9334Alexandra-Maria Klein16https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2139-8575Andreas Schuldt17Xiaojuan Liu18https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9292-4432Keping Ma19Helge Bruelheide20Arong Luo21https://orcid.org/0000-0001-9652-5896Chao-Dong Zhu22https://orcid.org/0000-0002-9347-3178CAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; CAS Key Laboratory of Mountain Ecological Restoration and Bioresource Utilization & Biodiversity Conservation Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, Chengdu Institute of Biology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Chengdu, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Pharmacy, Guizhou University of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guiyang, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; Entomologie, Staatliches Museum für Naturkunde Stuttgart, Stuttgart, GermanyCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaEcological Networks, Technical University Darmstadt, Darmstadt, GermanyCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaDepartment of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyDepartment of Nature Conservation and Landscape Ecology, Albert-Ludwigs-University Freiburg, Freiburg, GermanyForest Nature Conservation, University of Göttingen, Göttingen, GermanyState Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInternational College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Vegetation and Environmental Change, Institute of Botany, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaInstitute of Biology/Geobotany and Botanical Garden, Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg, Halle, GermanyCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; National Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaCAS Key Laboratory of Zoological Systematics and Evolution, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; College of Biological Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; International College, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; National Key Laboratory of Animal Biodiversity Conservation and Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China; State Key Laboratory of Integrated Pest Management, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, ChinaEnvironmental factors can influence ecological networks, but these effects are poorly understood in the realm of the phylogeny of host-parasitoid interactions. Especially, we lack a comprehensive understanding of the ways that biotic factors, including plant species richness, overall community phylogenetic and functional composition of consumers, and abiotic factors such as microclimate, determine host-parasitoid network structure and host-parasitoid community dynamics. To address this, we leveraged a 5-year dataset of trap-nesting bees and wasps and their parasitoids collected in a highly controlled, large-scale subtropical tree biodiversity experiment. We tested for effects of tree species richness, tree phylogenetic, and functional diversity, and species and phylogenetic composition on species and phylogenetic diversity of both host and parasitoid communities and the composition of their interaction networks. We show that multiple components of tree diversity and canopy cover impacted both, species and phylogenetic composition of hosts and parasitoids. Generally, phylogenetic associations between hosts and parasitoids reflected nonrandomly structured interactions between phylogenetic trees of hosts and parasitoids. Further, host-parasitoid network structure was influenced by tree species richness, tree phylogenetic diversity, and canopy cover. Our study indicates that the composition of higher trophic levels and corresponding interaction networks are determined by plant diversity and canopy cover, especially via trophic links in species-rich ecosystems.https://elifesciences.org/articles/100202insectHymenopteraparasitoid waspstrophic interactions
spellingShingle Ming-Qiang Wang
Shi-Kun Guo
Peng-Fei Guo
Juan-Juan Yang
Guo-Ai Chen
Douglas Chesters
Michael C Orr
Ze-Qing Niu
Michael Staab
Jing-Ting Chen
Yi Li
Qing-Song Zhou
Felix Fornoff
Xiaoyu Shi
Shan Li
Massimo Martini
Alexandra-Maria Klein
Andreas Schuldt
Xiaojuan Liu
Keping Ma
Helge Bruelheide
Arong Luo
Chao-Dong Zhu
Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
eLife
insect
Hymenoptera
parasitoid wasps
trophic interactions
title Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
title_full Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
title_fullStr Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
title_full_unstemmed Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
title_short Multidimensionality of tree communities structure host-parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
title_sort multidimensionality of tree communities structure host parasitoid networks and their phylogenetic composition
topic insect
Hymenoptera
parasitoid wasps
trophic interactions
url https://elifesciences.org/articles/100202
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